Everything boils down to jobs, jobs, jobs. What is the likelihood that this administration or this Congress will take their thumbs out of that place the sun don't shine and take the currect (non-meddling) actiopns to stimulate the economy?

Hint - it's not bailouts or other throw-taxpayers'-money-at-the-problem solutions.

Riddle me this, how come when we read the science news, they are reporting a new species being discovered every other week but when we read the "environmental" news, they report mass die-offs? I smell agenda!

VATs suck because they hide the taxation by embedding the tax into the sales price. My husband's friends always complain that they "pay extra" at the cashier when the sales tax is added on. We explain that our sales taxes range from 5% to 9% depending on location where the EU (hidden) VAT (aka sales tax) is 17% and they still pay income tax too. VAT should be fought tooth and nail here in the states. The only way I'd ever tolerate a VAT is if the tax rate was set and could not be raised without a 2/3 majority vote in both houses AND if the Federal Income Tax was permanently abolished. Permanently. How America might get a VAT of its own And Obama Economic Adviser Says U.S. Should Consider 'Value Added Tax'

Speaking of politicians who should be voted out of office - 'Riot Is the Voice of the Unheard' Tea-party foe Maxine Waters once made excuses for real political violence. Hypocrite and moron, it's a lovely combination.

Leahy Refuses to Delay Hearing for Controversial Judicial Nominee. Democrats refused Wednesday to delay the confirmation hearing for one of President Obama's most controversial judicial nominees a day after Republicans slammed the candidate for failing to initially disclose more than 100 of his speeches, publications and other background materials. This is yet another clear indication that the democrats are both terrified and well-aware that they will most likely be voted out of office in November and must cram as much as they can before they lose their jobs. If they concentrated on representing their constituents rather than representing their own personal careers, their careers might last longer.

As you may recall, the Senate recently rejected an amendment Dr. Coburn offered to the reconciliation bill that would have prevented sex offenders, child molesters and rapists from obtaining taxpayer-funded erectile dysfunction drugs through the new health care law. Opponents argued Dr. Coburn’s amendment was “not serious” even though there have been hundreds of cases of sex offenders receiving these drugs through Medicaid as this piece on MSNBC demonstrated.